Tonight's Law & Disorder: May 4, 2013

The following items are based on information provided by officials in law enforcement and the criminal justice system.

TOWN OF ULSTER

Shoplifting: Courtney Lavalley, 45, of 1715 Jackson Corners Road, New Paltz, was charged with misdemeanor petit larceny by Ulster town police at 11 a.m. on Friday at the Target store in the Hudson Valley Mall. Police said Lavalley, an employee of Target, selected 16 assorted food items valued at $296.89 from the store and left without paying for the items through an employee-only exit. She was released with tickets to appear in Ulster Town Court at 2 p.m. May 28.

CATSKILL

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DWI: Danielle M. Heffernan, 33, of Tannersville, was charged by state police at Catskill with drunken driving and operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content greater than 0.08 percent, both misdemeanors, at 3 a.m. Saturday on state Route 23A in the town of Catskill. Heffernan also was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor, and was released with court appearance tickets.

CLERMONT

DWI: Jerald Lester, 40, of 158 Cemetery Road, Germantown, was charged by state police at Livingston with drunken driving and operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content greater than 0.08 percent, both misdemeanors, on April 28 on Neevis Road in the town of Clermont. Police said Lester drove across the lawn of a home on Neevis Road. He was released with tickets to appear in Clermont Town Court on May 30.

LLOYD

DWI: Robert J. Greer, 27, of Marlboro, was charged by state police at Highland with drunken driving and operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content greater than 0.08 percent, both misdemeanors, at 5:09 a.m. Saturday on U.S. Route 44/state Route 55 in the town of Lloyd. Greer was released with court appearance tickets.

Drugs: Byron O. Grant, 28, of Poughkeepsie, was charged by state police at Highland with misdemeanor criminal possession of a controlled substance at 8:05 p.m. Friday on Route 44/55 in the town of Lloyd. Grant also was charged with the violation of unlawful possession of marijuana and was released with court appearance tickets.

NEW PALTZ

Drugs: Angel Shannon, 33, of 128 Granger St., Rutland, Vt., was charged with felony criminal possession of a controlled substance by members of the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (URGENT) at 8 p.m. Friday at Elting and Southside avenues in the village of New Paltz. Police said Shannon was found with cocaine. He was arraigned in New Paltz Village Court and posted $500 cash bail.

DWI: Bryan W. Farm, 21, of New City, was charged by state police at Wawarsing with aggravated drunken driving and drunken driving, both misdemeanors, at 2:20 a.m. Saturday on Butterville Road in the town of New Paltz. Farm was released to a third party.

SAUGERTIES

DWI: Quinn J. Gaffney, 18, of Saugerties, was charged by state police in Ulster with drunken driving and operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content greater than 0.08 percent at 9:25 p.m. Friday on Churchland Lane in the town of Saugerties. Gaffney was released with a court appearance ticket.